Table 4.
Summary of the consideration of different processes in various macroscale models.
| Processes | Macroscale models | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaussian plume models | Modified Gaussian models | Statistical models | Receptor models | CFD models |
Hybrid models | |
| Absorption | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| LAI | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Land cover | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Surface roughness | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| Terrain data | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
| VOC emissions | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Coupled dispersion- deposition | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Background Concentration variation | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |